Neuroscience Trivia Questions
Total Questions: 5
What function, controlled by Wernicke's area in the temporal lobe, involves understanding spoken language?
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speech
What sensation results in analgesia when its signals are blocked in the spinal cord?
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pain
What pain-blocking substances, discovered in 1975, are produced by the nervous system and mimic the effects of morphine?
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endorphins
In medicine, the term palsy is used to describe certain forms of what condition, which can be either partial or complete?
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paralysis
What is the term for the small gap between neurons across which nerve impulses travel?
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synapse
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